Abstract
This brief article aims at presenting a concise summary of all experimental findings regarding substrate water-binding to the Mn4CaO5 cluster in photosystem II. Mass spectrometric and spectroscopic results are interpreted in light of recent structural information of the water oxidizing complex obtained by X-ray crystallography, spectroscopy and theoreticalmodeling. Within this framework current proposals for themechanismof photosyntheticwater-oxidation are evaluated. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled:Metals in Bioenergetics and Biomimetics Systems.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1020-1030 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics |
Volume | 1827 |
Issue number | 8-9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Externally published | Yes |